United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Popula

World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision

File 2: Percentage of Population Residing in Urban Areas by Major Area, Region and C
POP/DB/WUP/Rev.2011/1/F2
October 2012 - Copyright 2012 by United Nations. All rights reserved

Suggested citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2012). World Urbanization Pros

Index
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39

Major area, region, country or area

World
More developed regions
Less developed regions
Least developed countries
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries
Less developed regions, excluding China
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
Eastern Africa
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Runion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Middle Africa
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe

Note
a
b
c
d
e

Country
code
900
901
902
941
934
948
947
903
910
108
174
262
232
231
404
450
454
480
175
508
638
646
690
706
728
800
834
894
716
911
24
120
140
148
178
180
226
266
678

1950
29.4
54.5
17.6
7.4
19.0
20.3
11.2
14.4
5.5
1.7
6.6
39.8
7.1
4.6
5.6
7.8
3.5
29.3
8.5
2.4
23.5
1.8
27.4
12.7
8.9
2.8
3.5
11.5
10.6
14.0
7.6
9.3
14.4
4.5
24.9
19.1
15.5
11.4
13.5

1955
31.4
57.7
19.6
8.4
21.1
22.2
12.8
16.2
6.4
1.9
9.2
45.0
8.3
5.4
6.4
9.1
3.9
30.9
11.9
3.0
27.9
2.1
27.5
14.9
8.8
3.5
4.4
14.5
11.6
15.8
8.9
11.4
17.1
5.5
28.1
20.7
20.4
14.1
14.7

40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91

Northern Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara
Southern Africa
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Western Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Saint Helena
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Asia
Eastern Asia
China
China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Macao SAR
Dem. People's Republic of Korea
Japan
Mongolia
Republic of Korea
Other non-specified areas
South-Central Asia
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Southern Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh

4
5
6

912
12
818
434
504
729
788
732
913
72
426
516
710
748
914
204
854
132
384
270
288
324
624
430
466
478
562
566
654
686
694
768
935
906
156
344
446
408
392
496
410
158
921
5500
398
417
762
795
860
5501
4
50

25.8
22.2
31.9
19.5
26.2
6.8
32.3
31.0
37.7
2.7
1.4
13.4
42.2
1.8
9.7
5.0
3.8
14.2
10.0
10.3
15.4
6.7
10.0
13.0
8.5
3.1
4.9
10.2
51.4
17.2
12.6
4.4
17.5
17.8
11.8
85.2
96.9
31.0
53.4
20.0
21.4
21.6
16.6
32.7
36.4
26.5
29.4
45.0
28.9
16.0
5.8
4.3

28.5
26.1
34.8
23.2
27.7
8.6
35.2
31.1
39.8
2.9
1.9
15.5
44.4
2.4
11.8
6.8
4.2
15.4
13.1
11.2
19.1
8.4
11.7
15.6
9.7
4.6
5.3
12.3
50.3
20.0
14.9
6.7
19.2
20.2
13.9
85.2
96.2
35.5
58.4
26.6
24.4
23.9
17.4
35.9
40.4
30.6
31.2
45.7
31.6
16.7
6.8
4.7

92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143

Bhutan
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
South-Eastern Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Viet Nam
Western Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Europe
Eastern Europe
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Ukraine
Northern Europe
Channel Islands

9
10
11

12

13

14

64
356
364
462
524
586
144
920
96
116
360
418
458
104
608
702
764
626
704
922
51
31
48
196
268
368
376
400
414
422
275
512
634
682
760
792
784
887
908
923
112
100
203
348
616
498
642
643
703
804
924
830

2.1
17.0
27.5
10.6
2.7
17.5
15.3
15.4
26.8
10.2
12.4
7.2
20.4
16.2
27.1
99.4
16.5
9.9
11.6
28.8
40.3
45.7
64.4
28.4
36.9
35.1
71.0
37.0
61.5
32.0
37.3
8.6
79.2
21.3
30.6
24.8
54.5
5.8
51.3
39.7
26.2
27.6
54.2
53.0
38.3
16.5
25.6
44.1
30.0
35.5
69.7
41.4

2.8
17.6
30.6
10.9
3.1
19.7
15.6
16.9
34.6
10.2
13.5
7.6
23.4
17.6
28.7
100.0
18.0
10.0
13.1
32.6
46.0
50.0
75.5
32.3
40.1
37.6
71.0
43.2
69.3
36.3
40.6
12.0
82.4
26.0
33.6
28.6
64.6
7.3
54.1
44.4
28.9
32.2
56.9
54.4
43.2
19.7
30.6
49.0
31.7
41.4
70.6
40.0

144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195

Denmark
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Southern Europe
Albania
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Gibraltar
Greece
Holy See
Italy
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
TFYR Macedonia
Western Europe
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada

15

16

17

18
19
20

208
233
234
246
352
372
833
428
440
578
752
826
925
8
20
70
191
292
300
336
380
470
499
620
674
688
705
724
807
926
40
56
250
276
438
442
492
528
756
904
915
660
28
533
44
52
92
136
192
212
214
308

68.0
49.7
17.4
43.0
72.8
40.1
52.9
46.4
28.8
50.5
65.7
79.0
45.1
20.5
38.8
13.7
22.3
100.0
37.3
100.0
54.1
88.9
12.7
31.2
43.2
20.3
19.9
51.9
23.4
63.8
63.6
91.5
55.2
68.1
19.9
67.2
100.0
56.1
44.4
41.4
36.9
100.0
30.1
50.9
52.1
36.1
11.2
100.0
56.5
24.9
23.7
28.5

69.6
53.6
18.6
49.1
76.8
43.7
54.0
49.5
34.1
50.2
69.3
78.7
47.7
26.9
48.6
16.2
26.0
100.0
40.1
100.0
56.9
89.8
15.5
33.0
46.0
24.4
23.8
54.2
28.4
65.7
64.2
92.0
58.2
69.7
20.4
68.4
100.0
58.0
47.7
45.3
38.4
100.0
34.9
50.9
55.9
36.4
11.7
100.0
57.5
25.9
26.9
29.4

196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247

Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States Virgin Islands
Central America
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
South America
Argentina
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Northern America
Bermuda
Canada
Greenland
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
United States of America
Oceania
Australia/New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand
Melanesia
Fiji
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands

21

22

23

312
332
388
474
500
530
630
659
662
670
780
796
850
916
84
188
222
320
340
484
558
591
931
32
68
76
152
170
218
238
254
328
600
604
740
858
862
905
60
124
304
666
840
909
927
36
554
928
242
540
598
90

95.4
12.2
24.1
32.9
15.8
78.4
40.6
26.5
19.2
21.7
21.4
47.2
58.3
39.2
55.3
33.5
36.5
25.1
17.6
42.7
35.2
35.8
42.8
65.3
33.8
36.2
58.4
32.7
28.3
51.1
53.7
28.0
34.6
41.0
46.9
77.9
47.3
63.9
100.0
60.9
49.0
80.0
64.2
62.4
76.2
77.0
72.5
5.6
24.4
24.6
1.7
3.8

95.5
13.8
28.7
33.6
15.8
74.3
42.4
27.0
20.3
23.8
19.3
47.4
57.2
42.8
54.7
33.9
37.4
28.0
20.0
46.7
37.4
38.5
47.2
69.6
35.3
41.1
63.3
38.7
31.0
50.8
58.6
28.5
35.1
43.9
47.1
79.1
54.6
67.0
100.0
65.7
53.8
83.5
67.2
64.8
78.3
79.4
73.6
7.0
26.9
30.6
2.5
4.7

248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262

Vanuatu
Micronesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Fed. States of)
Nauru
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Polynesia
American Samoa
Cook Islands
French Polynesia
Niue
Samoa

24

548
954
316
296
584
583
520
580
585
957
16
184
258
570
882

8.8
31.6
41.3
11.0
23.3
20.0
100.0
42.0
53.9
23.2
61.8
38.0
34.1
21.5
12.9

9.5
34.6
45.7
13.4
29.1
21.1
100.0
45.8
55.4
26.5
64.0
42.2
38.2
21.5
17.4

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1960
33.6
60.9
21.8
9.5
23.4
24.2
14.9
18.6
7.4
2.0
12.6
50.3
9.8
6.4
7.4
10.6
4.4
33.2
16.3
3.7
32.8
2.4
27.7
17.3
8.7
4.4
5.2
18.1
12.6
17.7
10.4
13.9
20.1
6.7
31.6
22.3
25.5
17.4
16.1

1965
35.5
63.9
24.0
11.1
25.7
26.4
17.3
21.2
8.8
2.2
17.0
56.1
11.4
7.6
8.6
12.4
4.9
37.0
22.0
4.6
38.2
2.8
33.1
20.0
8.7
5.5
6.0
23.4
14.6
21.0
12.5
16.9
23.5
8.4
35.3
26.1
26.5
23.8
21.8

31.3
30.5
37.9
27.3
29.4
10.7
37.5
31.2
42.0
3.1
3.4
17.9
46.6
3.9
15.1
9.3
4.7
16.7
17.7
12.1
23.3
10.5
13.6
18.6
11.1
6.9
5.8
16.2
49.2
23.0
17.4
10.1
21.1
22.8
16.2
85.2
95.3
40.2
63.3
35.7
27.7
26.4
18.2
38.9
44.2
34.2
33.2
46.4
34.0
17.3
8.0
5.1

34.8
37.6
40.7
33.7
31.9
13.4
39.7
36.2
42.9
3.8
6.3
20.0
47.2
6.5
18.5
12.5
5.2
18.1
24.5
14.5
26.1
13.0
14.3
22.1
12.6
10.1
6.8
20.1
48.1
26.4
20.2
15.0
22.9
25.0
18.1
86.4
96.2
45.1
67.9
42.1
32.4
29.2
19.3
40.9
47.0
35.9
35.2
47.1
35.3
18.3
9.4
6.2

3.6
17.9
33.7
11.2
3.5
22.1
16.4
18.5
43.4
10.3
14.6
7.9
26.6
19.2
30.3
100.0
19.7
10.1
14.7
36.4
51.3
52.7
82.3
35.6
43.1
42.9
76.8
50.9
74.9
42.3
44.0
16.4
85.2
31.3
36.8
31.5
73.5
9.1
57.0
48.9
32.4
37.1
59.5
55.9
47.9
23.4
34.2
53.7
33.5
46.8
71.6
38.7

4.7
18.8
37.1
11.5
3.7
23.5
17.6
19.9
52.6
10.8
15.8
8.3
29.9
21.0
31.6
100.0
20.2
11.4
16.4
40.4
55.6
51.2
82.5
38.2
45.5
50.7
80.9
54.3
79.3
50.9
48.9
22.3
87.2
38.8
40.0
34.2
75.7
11.0
60.0
52.9
38.1
45.8
62.0
58.0
50.1
27.6
37.7
58.2
37.0
50.6
72.8
37.4

73.7
57.5
21.4
55.3
80.3
45.8
55.1
52.9
39.5
49.9
72.5
78.4
50.4
30.7
58.5
19.0
30.2
100.0
42.9
100.0
59.4
90.1
18.8
35.0
48.9
29.1
28.2
56.6
34.0
67.9
64.7
92.5
61.9
71.4
20.4
69.6
100.0
59.8
51.0
49.3
40.2
100.0
39.7
50.8
59.7
36.8
12.2
100.0
58.4
27.3
30.2
30.3

77.0
61.3
25.6
59.7
82.7
48.7
56.3
56.8
44.5
57.6
77.1
77.8
53.9
31.2
70.4
22.8
35.0
100.0
47.5
100.0
61.8
89.8
22.6
36.9
54.4
34.2
32.5
61.3
40.4
69.9
65.0
93.1
67.1
72.0
19.5
72.0
100.0
60.8
54.2
53.3
42.8
100.0
36.6
50.7
63.3
37.1
14.3
100.0
59.3
36.6
35.0
31.3

95.7
15.6
33.8
40.1
15.8
69.7
44.5
27.6
21.5
25.9
17.3
47.7
56.5
46.4
54.0
34.3
38.3
31.1
22.7
50.8
39.6
41.2
51.6
73.6
36.8
46.1
67.8
45.0
33.9
50.5
63.3
29.0
35.6
46.8
47.3
80.2
61.6
69.9
100.0
69.1
58.5
86.4
70.0
67.1
80.5
81.5
76.0
8.9
29.7
37.4
3.7
5.8

95.1
17.6
37.5
50.0
13.4
72.9
51.5
30.9
22.7
28.3
14.3
49.4
63.3
50.1
52.5
35.8
38.9
34.0
25.7
54.9
42.7
44.4
55.8
76.4
38.3
51.0
71.7
51.0
36.6
51.8
65.7
29.2
36.2
51.9
47.1
81.3
67.0
72.0
100.0
72.9
66.1
87.8
71.9
69.1
82.6
83.5
78.9
11.2
32.6
44.6
5.5
7.2

10.4
37.8
50.1
16.3
35.6
22.3
100.0
51.2
56.8
28.7
66.2
46.5
42.4
21.5
18.9

11.3
41.6
55.5
19.6
42.7
23.5
100.0
58.8
58.3
31.1
68.3
50.8
48.2
21.5
19.3

Notes:

( a) More developed regions comprise Europe, Northern America, Australia/New Zealand and Japan.
( b) Less developed regions comprise all regions of Africa, Asia (excluding Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean plus Melanesia, Micron
( c) The least developed countries are 48 countries, 33 in Africa, 9 in Asia, 5 in Oceania plus one in Latin America and the Caribbean.
( d) Other less developed countries comprise the less developed regions excluding the least developed countries.
( e) Sub-Saharan Africa refers to all of Africa except Northern Africa.
( 1) Including Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon.
( 2) Including Zanzibar.
( 3) Including Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha.
( 4) For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
( 5) As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
( 6) As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
( 7) The regions Southern Asia and Central Asia are combined into South-Central Asia.
( 8) Including Sabah and Sarawak.
( 9) Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
(10) Including Northern-Cyprus.
(11) Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
(12) Including East Jerusalem.
(13) Including Transnistria.
(14) Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey.
(15) Including land Islands.
(16) Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
(17) Refers to the Vatican City State.
(18) Including Kosovo.
(19) Including Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
(20) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
(21) Including Saint-Barthlemy and Saint-Martin (French part).
(22) Refers to Curaao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
(23) Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
(24) Including Pitcairn.

0 and/or 0.0 indicates that the magnitude is zero or less than half of the unit employed.
A minus sign (-) before a figure indicates a decrease.
Years given refer to 1 July.
Use of hyphen (-) between years, for example, 1995-2000, signifies the full period involved, from 1 July of the beginning year to 1 July of the

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2012). World Urbanization Prospects : T
Edition - Data in digital form (POP/ DB/WUP/Rev.2011).

Caribbean plus Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

America and the Caribbean.

ve Regions (SAR) of China.

he beginning year to 1 July of the end year.

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